98 points!! (No fake answers please.) Underline the Verbal Phrases in the following sentences. Identify the phrase as a participle, a gerund, or a verb.
- After arguing with the captain of his vessel, Selkirk demanded to be left ashore on the Isle of Juan Fernandez in the Pacific Ocean. _____________
- Selkirk had with him only his rifle, powder, ammunition, some tobacco, a knife, a Bible. a few other books, some mathematical instruments. He was expecting a short stay. _____________
- But no one came. Living on the island was terrible at first. He was afraid to leave the beach in case an English ship would pass. _________________
- Leaving the beach, he built two huts and hunted the island goats. ______________
- His diet of fresh vegetables, fruits. and goat meat was very healthy. Eventually, he became so fleet he could catch a running goat without a rifle! _______________
